Olive Colour is a dark green from Little Greene, hex #42431F. Its light reflectance value is 5.3, so it absorbs light and suits rooms that already get plenty of it.
- HEX
- #42431F
- RGB
- 66, 67, 31
- HSL
- 62°, 37%, 19%
- CMYK
- 1, 0, 54, 74
- LRV
- 5.3
See it on the walls
A whole room in this colour, lit by daylight.
Try it by lamplight, from another angle, or with a different white on the trim, then share the link. It's a rendered room on a screen, so treat it as a guide and try a sample pot before you commit.
Or point your phone at your own wall and watch it change to this colour, on your device, with nothing uploaded.
Closest matches
The nearest paint from each other brand, closest first, or pick a brand for its closest few.
The closest matches to Olive Colour are Electric Pickle by Fleetwood (good match), Pinetop by Johnstone's (close alternative) and Windsor Green CW-505 by Benjamin Moore (close alternative).
ΔE is the colour difference: under 1.5 is hard to tell apart, under 3.5 reads as the same colour, and past 6 is a different colour.
Fleetwood equivalents to Little Greene Olive Colour
Fleetwood has 1 equivalent to Little Greene's Olive Colour, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Little Greene and Fleetwood range to range.
Closest Johnstone's paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Johnstone's has no true equivalent to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Little Greene and Johnstone's range to range.
Closest Benjamin Moore paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Benjamin Moore has no true equivalent to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Little Greene and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Closest Alchemist paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Alchemist has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Alchemist range to range.
Closest Dulux paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Dulux has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Dulux range to range.
Closest Dulux Trade paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Dulux Trade has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Dulux Trade range to range.
Closest Colourtrend paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Colourtrend has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Colourtrend range to range.
Closest Farrelly & Co paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Farrelly & Co has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Closest Curator paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Curator has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Curator range to range.
Closest Farrow & Ball paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Farrow & Ball has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Closest Lick paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Lick has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Lick range to range.
Closest Ronseal paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Ronseal has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Ronseal range to range.
Closest Acres Hall paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Acres Hall has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Acres Hall range to range.
Closest Dulux Heritage paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Dulux Heritage has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Closest Crown paints to Little Greene Olive Colour
Crown has nothing close to Little Greene's Olive Colour. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Little Greene and Crown range to range.
Compare whole ranges
Little Greene against another brand, a cross-section at a time.
Works well with
Real paints for each job in the room: the trim, the walls around it, deeper and paler versions, and an accent.
Whites for trim
Whites whose undertone agrees with this colour, for woodwork and ceilings.
Neutrals alongside
Quieter colours of the same temperature, for the other walls or the room next door.
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker versions of this same colour.
Where it sits in the Greens
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of Olive Colour on it, so some of them look quite different.
Olive Colour is the 1,072nd of 1,855 greens Swatcher knows about.